Florida News (Page 143)

Quench The Violence nonprofit has been serving the Jacksonville community for over 20 years under the leadership of Disciples of Christ Pastor Robert LeCount. The annual bike ride was kicked off by Sheriff TK Waters on Saturday morning and ended at the Shoppes of Sherwood. The community and family funContinue Reading

The congregants of Northside Church of Christ’s (NSCOC) will celebrate Senior Minister/Elder Charlie and his wife Ida McClendon’s 50th Ministerial Anniversary, September 20th – 24th. The McClendons have lived an exemplary life of service and dedication to the church and its people. Married for 64 years, the McClendons emphasis hasContinue Reading

This summer’s experiences will be remembered by over 100 youth and teens from across Jacksonville that are participating in the GEARUP Summer STEAM + M Business and Technology Camp provided to prepare youth and teens for future career opportunities and applying current and future technologies to building their businesses. TheContinue Reading

T. Ellison of TEllison Fashion House The Northside Lifting Our Various Enterprises (L.O.V.E) event promotes and uplifts black businesses in Duval County.  Held on the Northside on Soutel Drive adjacent to the Bob Hayes Legends center, the event supports over 150 black-owned businesses and non-profits.  Established in 2013, the market is freeContinue Reading

After 32 years in the educational system, in 2018, Benetta Ross-Barnes retired from Duval County Public Schools (DCPS).  Ross-Barnes, a 1977 Ribault High School graduate, specialized in early childhood and elementary education. Along with working for DCPS, she tutored students after school and was a huge advocate for the developmentContinue Reading

Operations Manager, Briana Ardley (Englewood High School); Customer Relationship Manager, William Johnson (Bishop Snyder High School); Financial Director, James Latimore (Chatman High school); Inventory Manager, Mykeshia Edwards (Lakeshore Middle School); Marketing Director, Layla Nelson (Jean Ribault High School) and Online Sales Director, Larrae Wells (Jean Ribault High School). By V. Dunbar – Duval County middle and high school students are receiving the rareContinue Reading

Left, Attorney Mutaqee Akbar, Rev. RB Holmes and Rick Hoye are mobilizing to stop the rewriting of Florida’s Black history curriculum. BY GINA JACKSON, Contributor TALLAHASSEE — The repeated assaults on civil rights norms and attempts to rewrite the Black history curriculum has triggered a sharp increase in mobilization acrossContinue Reading

By Dr. Adora Obi Nweze, President, Florida State Conference NAACP  Governor Ron DeSantis is running hard on racism. It is the central message of his presidential campaign filled with a hate speech platform patterned after the White supremacy segregationists of the 1950s and 60’s. It is a stunning reproduction ofContinue Reading

Today, Truist Foundation announced a $225,000 grant to Rethreaded, a nonprofit focused on breaking the cycle of generational trauma for sex trafficking survivors by providing them with employment, career development and supportive services. Rethreaded will use the grant funds to create a training program within the various systems that survivors encounter while in aContinue Reading